85-7-1507. Conflict of interest -- criminal penalty. - Montana Statutes

     85-7-1507. Conflict of interest -- criminal penalty. A commissioner or any other officer named in this chapter may not in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in a contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits derived from a contract. For any violation of this provision, the officer is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction forfeits office and the officer shall be punished as provided in 45-7-401.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 146, L. 1909; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 120, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7173, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 157, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 116, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 7173, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 153, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-1208(2); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 326, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2785, Ch. 56, L. 2009.